Ashes

until your feet leave the ground

The two lieutenants sit at the squad table when squad get called out to the scene truck and engine were attending, squad walk into the apartment where the wall they needed to break through to rescue the man is.

"Herrmann, talk to me" kelly radios, "he's ass down, head and feet up" herrmann says, "give me a measurement from the end of the building" carter instructs, "he's 27 feet, 8 inches from the back corner" herrmann rattles off, "copy that, lower down an open radio and a mask" kelly orders, "Gavin, this is lieutenant Strand, we can't climb down to get you, so we're gonna have to drill through the wall" carter explains, "Capp, use a 3/4 on the hammer drill, I want 3 feet from the side of the x" kelly instructs, "Casey, how's he doing?" carter asks, "fading" matt updates, "go to channel three for us" kelly instructs, "copy" matt confirms, "Casey" kelly asks, "smiling death?" matt suggests, "yeah, he's been compressed for so long, when we cut him out, he's gonna have a 50/50 chance" carter explains, "you two want the family here?" matt asks, "give us five minutes" kelly instructs, "copy, back to one" matt radios, "Mills, air chisel two bricks out on the top of the x for us" carter instructs, "I'm getting kind of tired in here" the victim radios, "hey, gavin, I hear you're big UFC fan, who's your favorite fighter?" kelly asks, "Johnny Hendricks" the victim says, "yeah, too bad he got his ass kicked by st-pierre" kelly teases, "look, obviously, you didn't see that fight, everybody knows Hendricks got robbed" the victim says, "stick to badminton, pal" kelly remarks, "dude, I'm gonna kick your ass for saying that, I'm not even joking" the victim warns, "uh-huh" kelly agrees, "all right, I'm through" mills announces, "all right, guys, get in there, get in there" carter instructs the relief paramedics, "all right, good to go" chout confirms, "Mills, Capp, finish it off" kelly instructs, "come on, come on, come on, come on" kelly mutters, "all right, we're good", "all right, guys, get in there" carter instructs, "got it?" mills asks, "yeah" capp confirms as he pulls the webbing through, mills grabs the other side, "ready, one, two, three" capp counts down and the two pull the section of wall out and the lieutenants help get the victim onto the backboard, "now, what do you got to say to my face?" the victim asks kelly, "oh, I was just messing with you to keep your heart rate up, Gavin" kelly explains the squad help lift the backboard onto the gurney when kelly's phone rings he has a brief phone call then puts the phone away, "I gotta go down to the 21st" kelly says, "I'm coming with you" carter decides.

The two walk up to the desk in the precinct.

"Hey, I'm Kelly, Severide" kelly supplies, "oh, yeah, a guy claiming to be a fireman dropped your name on a DUI, and I wanted to make sure he wasn't lying before I booked him, you know him" sergeant platt nods to bloom, "yeah" kelly confirms, "anyone hurt?" carter asks, "nah, just veered off into a ditch" sergeant platt clarifies, "thanks" kelly nods, the two walk over to bloom, "it's my bad, It's totally my fault, took a couple of pills, I had a flare-up in my back, and then buddy calls me, he's going through a divorce, wants to meet for a few drinks" bloom explains, "you need to get in rehab" kelly instructs, "I hear you, but there's no need, I mean, I got a handle on this, what I need is help with this DUI charge, cause if it sticks, I won't get into CFD" bloom says, "good luck" kelly nods taking carters hand and the two head for the door, "all right, all right. all right, okay" bloom says, "okay, what?" kelly walks back over, "I'll go" bloom agrees, "look at me" kelly instructs, bloom reluctantly makes eye contact with kelly, "I will go to rehab, there, you happy?" bloom asks, carter strides up to the desk ready to sweet talk the sergeant, "any way we can let this slide? I mean, he was a fireman in Denver, he's just looking for another shot here, he's just had a tough go at it lately" carter reasons, "so that young man is vouching for him and you're helping him?" sergeant platt asks, "yes, we're vouching for him" carter confirms, "I'll see what I can do" sergeant platt says, "thank you, appreciate it, we owe you one" carter says walking away, "dinner with that young man?" sergeant platt asks causing carter to stop in her tracks, "oh, I'm just messing with you both, he wouldn't be able to handle me anyway, snap you right in half" sergeant platt clarifies, carter smiles and strides back up to the desk taking a liking to the woman's no nonsense attitude and her humour, "that's my boyfriend and he can barely handle me at times" carter remarks with a smile, sergeant platt returns the smile with a small chuckle, "beat it now kid, I got work to do" platt instructs, "sit tight" kelly instructs bloom as he and carter exit the precinct.